A reality check on Confidentiality Notices
Along with the spam I receive, I am sometimes sent genuine email
messages in error; often a Confidentiality Notice is appended, telling
me that I must "delete all copies" of the email, if I am not the
"intended recipient". If you have sent me one of these confidential
messages, I have bad news for you: since I have no Non-Disclosure
agreements with anybody, I can be sure that I have no Non-Disclosure
agreement with YOU,
and therefore, there is no framework in which you can enforce this
laughable request. You may believe that there is some all-encompassing
law that protects you from your error, but consider that I probably
don't even live in your country, so I wouldn't be subject to this law
even if it existed.
It is my policy to save all my emails; yes, every single one. My policy
is real and tangible, whereas your request is vacuous and
unenforceable, so live with it. If you have confidential information in
your possession, you should consider taking care of it and respecting
the privacy of the owner of that data PRIOR to sending it to a
complete stranger, rather than hoping that a sternly worded but
pointless threat will cover your incompetence after the event.
Thank you for your
understanding.
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